#C8A742#C8A742

#C8A742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A742
RGB	rgb(200, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 0.99, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 54.89, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0017 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.124 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6235, 40.3124, 10.8999)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A742 #4263C8

analogous

#C86442 #C8A742 #A6C842

triadic

#C8A742 #42C8A7 #A742C8

tetradic

#C8A742 #42C864 #4263C8 #C842A6

square

#C8A742 #42C864 #4263C8 #C842A6

split-complementary

#C8A742 #42A6C8 #6442C8

monochromatic

#6F5C20 #9F832E #C8A742 #D6BD71 #E4D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C8A742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C8A742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A742

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A742	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc07b',
    500: '#c8a742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a742;
$custom-light: #dcc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A742

secondary

#96A4D0

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A742

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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